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JVSR Author Awarded Researcher of the Year at the WCA Summit

When Erin L. Elster, D.C., published her report in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, both she and JVSR editor Matthew McCoy, D.C., knew it would be of interest to health care providers around the country. The research indicated that correction of upper neck injuries may reverse the progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Yet, even they couldn't have predicted how much interest it would generate.

A WCA press release submitted on the report was accessed more than 2,000 times on just one of several Internet newswire services used to distribute the story.
According to the wire service, the average medical news story during this period generated only 141 "hits." Their statistical report showed that the JVSR report generated nearly five times as much interest as the next most accessed report.

Dr. McCoy received many calls and e-mails from reporters and health care providers. "Clearly the interest in chiropractic goes far beyond its effectiveness in relieving back pain," he noted. "When we publish research showing how subluxations affect the nervous system, and how chiropractic adjustments may help the body function better, we get their attention."

The MS report isn't Dr. Elster's only academic claim to fame. She has focused her research efforts on the link between head trauma, upper cervical injuries, and the onset of neurological diseases. Her previous published works on the upper cervical chiropractic management of patients with Parkinson's Disease and MS have appeared in Today's Chiropractic and the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and Palmer College of Chiropractic, Iowa, Elster completed post-graduate upper cervical training with the International Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association in California. She maintains a private practice in Boulder, Colo.

In choosing Elster for this prestigious award, the WCA Board pointed out that the particular merits of her research went far beyond the case studies involving MS.

"When chiropractic research focuses only on back pain, it reinforces the mistaken view that our profession is limited to musculoskeletal conditions," stated Rondberg. "On the other hand, when a researcher so clearly shows that subluxations affect all human systems, and that subluxation correction can have far-reaching affects on health and wellness, it alters the public's perception about what we can do."

This article is re-printed from The Chiropractic Journal

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